Friday, May 2, 2014

"Simply Stencils" - Art journal pages with the May kit

Hi there! I had a great time playing with the May kit and here are two art journal pages I made (warning!! long and photo heavy post coming up :)...):

btw. these are my first "simply stencils" May projects, but I have a feeling there will be some more coming up :)...

Here are a few details on how I created these two pages. Lets start with the upper one first:

I first covered the paper with white gesso, let it dry and then went on by applying the Fresco Finish translucent paint onto the page (Beach Hut & Pumpkin soup from the kit - more colours on the store). After the paint was dry I sprayed some "New Sprout" spray ink here and there.

I then applied some black artist oil pastel color onto the mask that comes with the kit and placed the mask over the page. Next I just used my finger for rubbing all the color from the mask onto the page.

I then took a piece of vellum book paper that was in the kit and dabbed some fluid chalk ink over it. I just love the soft look these inks create on the vellum. Then I let the ink dry properly.

After the paper was dry I stamped a few stamp images with blue Staz-on ink onto the vellum paper. The stamp is by Dina Wakley (from the Scribbly Birds set).

Next I just glued the vellum piece "into" the typewriter and added some doodling and ink splatters.
Here are some detail photos:

Here are some step-by-step photos of the second page:

I again used the Fesco paints and a green oil pastel pen for the background.

Next I used the pastel peach chalk ink for creating flower patterns.

Then I mixed some molding paste with the blue Fesco paint to create a light blue paste and applied it over the stencil using a palette knife.

Then I went and outlined the flowers with a black Copic brush pen.

After that I took a dry embossing folder and placed a piece of vellum paper over it and then scratched some green oil pastel colour onto the paper. This way you can "copy" the pattern onto the paper. I remember using this technique with coins and a pencil when I was small :). I then used this piece for creating a typewrite sheet for my page. As you will see on the main photo, I later changed the colour to yellow, as I didn´t quite like the green rose pattern.

Here are some close-up photos of the second page. As you can see I´ve also added some oil pastels over the flowers to create more depth and separated the two background colours from each other by creating a doodled leaf pattern.

There are also some black and white doodled accents here and there on the page and I have outlined the stencil pattern with a thin black pen for more contrast.